Food waste : home consumption, material culture and everyday life / David Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, David, 1981- author.

Series:

Materializing culture.

Materializing Culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food--Cross-cultural studies.

Food.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<I>Food Waste </I>is the first academic study to tackle this highly topical subject. Drawing from social science approaches to waste, material culture and everyday life in the home, the author uncovers the reasons behind the vast quantity of food wasted on a daily basis by households and consumers.

Contents:

FC; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue: The Social Life (and Death) of Food; 1. Bringing Waste to The Table ; 2. Ordinary Domestic Practice: Conceptualizing, Researching, Representing ; 3. Contextualizing Household Food Consumption ; 4. Anxiety, Routine and Over-provisioning ; 5. The Gap in Disposal: From Surplusto Excess? ; 6. Bins and Things ; 7. Gifting, Re-use and Salvage ; 8. Conclusion: Living with Food, Reducing Waste ; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780857852335

0857852337

9780857852342

0857852345

9781472588418

147258841X